A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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A single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the Earth.
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For a high school science fair project, 17-year-old Michio Kaku built a particle accelerator in his parent's garage that was able to generate a magnetic field 20,000 times greater than the Earth's and produce collisions powerful enough to create antimatter.
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For every gallon of sea water, you get more than a quarter pound of salt.
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Stannous fluoride, which is the cavity fighter found in toothpaste is made from recycled tin.
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Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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